Failure to thrive: When to suspect inborn errors of metabolism

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 972-979

  Ficicioglu, Can ^a   An Haack, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure to thrive; Metabolic disorders

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; VOMITING;

FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS;

EID: 70349237813     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3724     Document Type: Review

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